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Stainless Steel Wine Saver gift Set | 
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| Brand: Vacu Vin
Buy New: $29.99
Rating:  12 reviews
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.5
Dimensions (in): 5.8 x 7 x 1.5
MPN: 06493
Model: 0649350
UPC: 084256064931
EAN: 0084256064931
ASIN: B000H8BEDC
Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours
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| Features:
| • | Vaccum pump keeps the wine fresh for 7 to 10 days | | • | Made of stainless finish | | • | Includes vacuum pump, 2 re-usable rubber stoppers, and 2 pourers | | • | Measures 5-inch by 3-inch |
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Product Description
You'll know your wine is preserved just by listening. With the sound of a simple click, the Vacu Vin stainless steel wine saver is a vacuum pump, which extracts the air from the opened bottle, clicks when you've reached optimum level and re-seals the wine bottle with a re-usable rubber stopper. The vacuum slows down the oxidation process so that you can enjoy your wine for days. Stainless steel. Includes vacuum pump, 2 re-usable rubber stoppers, and 2 pourers. Additonal stoppers available here. Fits any size or type wine bottle. Size: 5"H x 3"W
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| Customer Reviews: Read 5 more reviews...
 Product looks good - BUT October 25, 2008
Robert Shearer
Good News/Other News/Disappointment
Good News:
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Quick delivery-thanks Amazon
Other News:
White set sells for $9.95
Crystal pourers (sold separately) are $4.95
Stainless set (including pourers) is $29.95
Disappointment. Pourers in the Stainless set are plastic.
Appears to work OK. I didn't hear the click, however I
didn't have my hearing aids on.
 Wine Saver June 23, 2008
S. Rodriguez (Westchester, NY)
This item was recommended to me by a colleague. I have used it, and intend to give it out as birthday presents to my friends. An excellent tool for wine consumers!
Wine saver May 20, 2008
C. Holmes (Santa Cruz, CA USA)
Great product, I have already paid for it in the savings I get with "fresh" wine.
 Stainless wine saver January 28, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
I am disappointed with this wine saver. It is supposed to "click" twice when the proper vacuum strength is reached. It does not. I have a plastic one at my home in Texas, and it clicks.
Use the pump, enjoy your wine tomorrow December 27, 2007
Lynn Hoffman, author:The New Short Course in Wine
5 out of 7 found this review helpful
Looking at the reviews of this an other Vacuvin products, you see reports that are deeply contradictory. It's interesting that there is such a divergence of experience with such a simple product. The ideas behind Vacuvin are pretty simple.
First, air is the enemy of an open bottle of wine. Bacteria in the air want to turn alcohol into vinegar. The air itself oxidizes and dulls the taste of all but the most robust wines.
Second, you can remove some of the air with a simple pump and thereby slow down the rate at which wine deteriorates.
Why then, do we have both no-star and five-star reactions to this product?
Maybe the biggest source of disagreement is expectations. Vacuvin slows the deterioration of wine in the bottle, but it doesn't stop it.
Another possible reason for all the disagreement might be a question of temperature. The biochemical reactions that kill your wine are temperature sensitive. They proceed faster when the wine is warm and slow down when it's cool. Putting a pumped-out bottle in the refrigerator or wine cooler will slow down the spoilage processes and make Vacuvin more effective.
A third issue is the way the wine is handled before the Vacuvin plug goes in. If wine has a lot of air dissolved in it by being poured from decanter to bottle, there's no system that will keep it fresh.
For more info on wine storage, check out my book, New Short Course in Wine,The
--Lynn Hoffman, author of New Short Course in Wine,The and bang BANG: A Novel from Kunati Books.
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